Libyan lawmakers have selected a new interim prime minister, a week after giving a vote of no confidence to their former pick for failing to present an acceptable Cabinet.
Libya's General National Congress on Sunday elected Ali Zidan, a former career diplomat who defected in the 1980s and became an outspoken critic of former leader Moammar Gadhafi. He later became a human rights advocate.
Zidan pledged to begin working quickly in a nation that remains highly polarized after the 2011 civil war that ended Gadhafi's four-decade rule.
"The interim government will conduct itself with virtue and according to the constitutional declaration and will be a government of crisis if we are in crisis and will be a government of the people," he said.." It will be a government of consensus and, when completed, will be a government of action and implementation. The new government will begin its work as soon as it is sworn in."
Zidan also said Sunday that security will be a priority.
A new Libyan government faces the challenge of trying to disarm and demobilize militias that maintain control over parts of the country following their participation in the revolution.
Libya's General National Congress on Sunday elected Ali Zidan, a former career diplomat who defected in the 1980s and became an outspoken critic of former leader Moammar Gadhafi. He later became a human rights advocate.
Zidan pledged to begin working quickly in a nation that remains highly polarized after the 2011 civil war that ended Gadhafi's four-decade rule.
"The interim government will conduct itself with virtue and according to the constitutional declaration and will be a government of crisis if we are in crisis and will be a government of the people," he said.." It will be a government of consensus and, when completed, will be a government of action and implementation. The new government will begin its work as soon as it is sworn in."
Zidan also said Sunday that security will be a priority.
A new Libyan government faces the challenge of trying to disarm and demobilize militias that maintain control over parts of the country following their participation in the revolution.
